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[btarunr]

Just to let my American brothers know 55.00 Pounds translates into 91.00 American dollars. This is not good for gamers like myself if this goes through. To be honest I think it will and probably become a standard practice.

It will. MW2 is an eagerly anticipated game, and will sell well. Other game publishers will follow suit. They should realise that pricing games are like pricing movie tickets or pricing movie DVDs. It's not Microsoft Office 2000, which, even 10 years since its release, is just as useful a piece of software. Why would you play Far Cry 2 a month after buying it?

 

[TheMailMan78]

It will. MW2 is an eagerly anticipated game, and will sell well. Other game publishers will follow suit.

I know man. I know. I'm ashamed right now.

 

[KainXS]

I remember when they were 15 bucks

Anyway you guys now me as a strong advocate for anti-piracy. This is a luxary item and should'nt be stolen no matter what they do. Personally I won't steal anything.
With that being said I wont shed a tear if you guys steal the shit out of these games.

Why now? Why them? Simple. The world is in a ressesion and these guys are jacking up the prices on one of the few things people can afford for enjoyment? As an artist they do not care about thier fan base by doing this. Therefore I do not care about them. (Hands everyone an eyepatch).

I lol'd so hard when I saw that

(Hands everyone an eyepatch)

then who's the captain of this boat

 

[sneekypeet]

Except when you go into the UKs largest gaming retail chain, Game who also own Gamestation you dont bargain or haggle with the cashier you buy it for RRP and thats it unless its on offer or sale price, what it says on the tin is what you pay!

You are missing the point. While games may increase a bit in pricing, no repectable shop is going to charge near $100 USD for a game. They will price themselves into bankruptcy. It is still supply and demand economy on games. No matter what goes on in some "brain pool" at a company, it has to play out in the real world to work.

I pay $50 USD for most new titles, to be quite honest 90% of them either suck or are too short for that $50. Most people feel the same way.

Overall my point is simple, who cares what some schmuck says. He isnt paying the near $100 USD price, why should we. I dont think it has a leg to stand on honestly.

What I ment on "negotiable with the seller" is this....lets say for instance, Corsair releases DDR4 for motherboards. They are the first and only, so they say I want $2000 MSRP on the ram. Now newegg buys em, gets a deal on bulk buying, and says to themselves no one in their right mind is paying $2000, lets list them at $1500. Why because thats how it works. and they are still selling product. Games just cant double in price, they need to go up like anything else.

Funny tidbit here. I remember as a teenager begging my dad to spend $60 on TopGun for Sega. That was in the late 80's. Honestly I think it was long overdue, and just never happened.

 

[HellasVagabond]

I prefer to FIRST see and then judge.....
So lets wait and see people.

 

[Darknova]

Sneeky, I think you are missing something. The cost the retailer pays to buy the game from Activision. Activision is not going to increase the RRP and leave the supplier cost the SAME, otherwise Activision won't make any more money.

If a retailer wants to stay in business it will have to increase the game costs, or risk smaller profit margins.

Also, £55 is roughly 10 hours work at minimum wage. Like hell I'm paying £55, which took me 10 hours to earn, for a game that may only last 6 hours.

Value for money? I think not.

 

[MilkyWay]

Trust me austrians and europeans pay more than americans games will not be $100 it will be like $10-$30 more that whatever you usually pay. Whatever it is that is still a big jump in price.

Activision will sell to the retailer at a higher cost so either the retailer takes a dive or puts the price up in comparison.

Some of our stuff is cheaper some of the US is dearer, we earn a different average wage too so it all works out in the end that we spend roughly the same. Sure it looks like america is cheaper than the UK for games if you just use the exchange rate but if you had to live on an american wage and buy other american products it balances out because not everything is the same price.

IF things are tight for the developers and publishers its sure as hell tight for the customer too so how can we afford to buy its games, to me selling them cheaper would allow us to buy more games instead of maybe choosing another companies game instead.

Modern Warfare 2 will sell like mad, which is sad not because it doesnt look like a good game but because people are stupid enuf to allow prices to be driven up needlessly! People will pay that much for this game.

Games used to be cheap £30 was the MAX price a game used to go for and that was expensive.

Needless DLC and downloads like extra cheats is also a rip off to the customer, its like EA decides that you can pay £5 and max your golfers stats in Tiger Woods now that is another rip off. These type of things either shouldnt exist or be pennies because of the actual use and content.

 

[mrw1986]

I "borrow" my games from certain "friends" so no biggie. Except PS3/360 games.

 

[Nick259]

holy sh*t thats expensive. No way i'm paying that much. If prices stay that way i'm sure we'll see the first game to surpass the sims as the most pirated game of all time.

 

[douglatins]

Maybe wait for a steam off sale?

 

[erocker]

So what would VAT on $50.00 be?

 

[mikek75]

VAT is 15% in the UK so £7.50

 

[KainXS]

No, I think this is Activisions way to rape EU countries pockets I mean look at this

Tony hawks ride costs 120 bucks in the US http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=74927
dj hero costs 120 also http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=74928
and mf2 costs 60 http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=74392

if they change up on the prices I would be so mad though

activision is trying to pwn you EU guys, that sucks, actually you can expect prices to be hiked up big time from EA too.

 

[CDdude55]

Ya MW2 is supposed to be $60 on the PC to, that sucks.

To much greed.:shadedshu, if it jumps to $90, that would be insane, but i doubt even them would be that crazy.

Keep in mind Activision is also associated with Blizzard now.

 

[sneekypeet]

Sneeky, I think you are missing something. The cost the retailer pays to buy the game from Activision. Activision is not going to increase the RRP and leave the supplier cost the SAME, otherwise Activision won't make any more money.

If a retailer wants to stay in business it will have to increase the game costs, or risk smaller profit margins.

Also, £55 is roughly 10 hours work at minimum wage. Like hell I'm paying £55, which took me 10 hours to earn, for a game that may only last 6 hours.

Value for money? I think not.

I didnt miss it at all, what the manufacturer pays isnt likely to change all that much, if it does I dont see retailers buing $75 games so they can TRY and swing a profit.

 

[OrbitzXT]

There's no need to boycott them, people will simply see the price and not pay it. They've already taken care of keeping customers away.

 

[MilkyWay]

There's no need to boycott them, people will simply see the price and not pay it. They've already taken care of keeping customers away.

nut its modern warfare 2 and it even has its own brand of fanboys ofcourse it will sell

and the shops have no choice but to buy in the games at that price because its modern warfare 2

gamestop maybe a little behind on the price updating, check nearer the date of release


now where my parrot and cutlass

 

[mikek75]

Just checked play.com, they are taking preorders for MW2 at £45

 

[wolf2009]

In India, they can't sell a PC game for over Rupees 999 (that's US $21).

still a lot, I don't see many parents spending that on a game when they earn only 20,000 a month.

 

[btarunr]

still a lot, I don't see many parents spending that on a game when they earn only 20,000 a month.

I bought Doom 3 (back in the day, when there was no regulation) for 2500, so it's come a long way, I'd say. People with gaming PCs are generally considered affluent, and 999 is probably the cheapest they (the games) can go. Still, the volumes make up for the losses, I guess.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

now where my parrot and cutlass

eye patch i wear

 

[Benno]

I have never ever paid full price for a game, and I never will I can see that other developers/publishers will follow and it's disappointing because here in Australia we already get charged $100 for a wii game and anywhere from $100-$120 for a xbox360/ps3 game RRP. I've never paid over $80 for one though. PC games on the other hand are dead easy to find cheap (I don't pirate games at all) so that doesn't bother me at all. I'm sure it'll be easy enough to find activisions games at a cheaper price, but it's still no excuse for bumping the price up.

 

[hat]

Yipes, £55 is a lot. Most games retail for $40-$60 here, at least in the PC market... consoles can be a bit more

 

[lilkiduno]

Yipes, £55 is a lot. Most games retail for $40-$60 here, at least in the PC market... consoles can be a bit more

Yeah $50 is the norm here, but shit in the tough economic times you would have thought companies would get smart and drop the price a bump. i mean CoD4 is still $40. Shame on you activision! if they spike prices so high Gaming WILL take a hit. Inflation and depression is starting to settle in. Activition-----><------ME

Inflation: HOLY SH*T $90!

Depression: sob... I hate my life.... sob... I hate activition...sob..... life has no meaning anymore............................ THE END!

Just kidding but $90 is to much for a game.

P.S.
Hat your location is SOOO TURE!

 

[ShadowFold]

Hey, let's all panic! That always works!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I can't name one Activision game I did buy so I have been boycotting them for a long time.


Edit: Prototype...

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I can't name one Activision game I did buy so I have been boycotting them for a long time.


Edit: Prototype...

if you never got the oppotunity to play CoD1/UO when that was big then you have missed out. I totally loved CoD1 it was one of the best games ive ever played....then BF2 came out & flying jets was a ton of more fun....